Park sights in Kyūshū
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Atomic Bomb Hypocentre Park
The park has a smooth, black stone column marking the point above which the bomb exploded. Nearby are bomb-blasted relics, including a section of the wall of the Urakami Cathedral.
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Heiwa-kōen
North of the hypocentre, the Peace Park is presided over by the 10-tonne bronze Nagasaki Peace Statue (平和祈念像), designed in 1955 by Kitamura Seibo, and includes the Peace Symbol Zone, an unusual sculpture garden with contributions from around the world. On 9 August, a rowdy antinuclear protest is held within earshot of the more respectful official memorial ceremony for those lost to the bomb.
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Heiwadai-kōen
The park's centrepiece is a 37m-high tower constructed in 1940, a time when peace in Japan was about to disappear. Haniwa Garden, within the park, is dotted with reproductions of the clay haniwa (earthenware figures found in Kōfun-period tombs) that have been excavated from the Saitobaru burial mounds.
Heiwadai-kōen is about 1km north of Miyazaki-jingū. Frequent buses stop along Tachibana-dōri (¥290, 20 minutes).
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Chūō-kōen
Some attractive historic Western architecture populates this park by City Hall, most notably the French Renaissance–styled Former Prefectural Hall & Official Guest House, dating from 1910 and with a fantastic French cafe where you can watch the scene. A couple of blocks north, the copper-turreted Akarenga Bunka-kanwas built in 1909 by the same architect who designed Tokyo Station and now hosts simple historical exhibits.
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